Breath of fresh air: NCMA’s public art initiative

“We want to connect art and nature and people,” says Marjorie Hodges, director of external relations at the N.C. Museum of Art, and a key player in the museum’s Art in the Environment Fund. To accomplish this simple but profound…

Band Together: Concert for a cause

When pop-rock-classical musician and North Carolina native Ben Folds takes the stage at Red Hat Amphitheater May 6, he’ll headline “a celebration of everything that’s great about Raleigh,” says Matt Strickland. Strickland is the executive director of Band Together, the…

Diana Bloomfield: A Daughter, A Muse

A Daughter, A Muse text and photographs by Diana Bloomfield Most of my work focuses on the intersection of the past and my memory of that past. Memories, fugitive and ever-shifting, are always subject to interpretation, while photographs are tangible. The…

Story of a House: Revival Living: Tarboro

This Greek Revival home in Tarboro NC is timeless & vibrant with its silk curtains, lacquered walls + a light-filled kitchen with custom cabinetry & brass hardware.

Topsail Island Skating Rink

text and photographs by Julie Williams Dixon Go around. Again and again. That’s what you do at a skating rink. At the Topsail Beach Skating Rink, locals and vacationers have been circling the wooden floor on sticky summer nights since…

The Triangle Troglodytes

“There’s usually more than one way to get through something.” –Ken Walsh, Triangle Troglodytes vice-chair by Jessie Ammons photograph by Travis Long When can we go underground again? asks the Triangle Troglodytes tagline. The answer? “About every other month or…

Editor’s Letter: May 2017

Welcome to Walter’s fourth annual travel issue! Every year in May, we get out of town, at least in print, for North Carolina adventures of all kinds. We hope to tell you stories that’ll nudge you off your porch (as…

Charlotte

About Time We Toasted the Queen City   text and photographs by Dean McCord Charlotte, why do we disdain thee? Why do we Raleighites act like you’re our dreary, plodding, putting-on-airs cousin? We pick on your street names (Queens Road,…

Adrienne Cole, Raleigh Chamber of Commerce

“I’m honored to be the first woman to hold the position. I’m excited to do the work that I love in a community I’m passionate about.” –Adrienne Cole Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce president and CEO   by Jessie Ammons…

John Beerman

“I find solace in looking at the landscape. I think it’s a human thing. We all do.” –John Beerman   by LIZA ROBERTS photographs by LISSA GOTWALS The 34 paintings currently on view at Lee Hansley Gallery in Raleigh – luminous,…

Sanctuary Vineyards

The Wright Stuff by Jesma Reynolds photographs by Brooke Mayo A trip to the Outer Banks via Highway 158 will take you through the hamlet of Jarvisburg, on Currituck Sound. It’s known to beach travelers who drop by the landmark…

Philoptochos

“We’re learning that there are more and more female veterans locally that are homeless. We want to bring awareness to that issue and contribute.” –Lekita Essa, Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society member by Jessie Ammons photograph by Ray Black III…

Travel: A Haven Reborn: Belhaven

A Haven Reborn by Samantha Thompson Hatem You can see the temptation pulling at Kate Tillman Brown as she stands on the dock looking out over the glassy Pungo River. Years ago, she would have rounded up her friends, suited up,…

Raleighites: St. Mary’s School

St. Mary’s School at 175 Raleigh’s oldest continually operated school celebrates a major milestone.   by Hampton Williams Hofer photographs by Jillian Clark [archival photographs courtesy of St. Mary’s School] On May 12, Saint Mary’s School, the nation’s second oldest…

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